Apparatus for coaling ships.



. No. 829,369.' PATENTE-D AUG. 21, 1906- W. A. COLLINS.

APPARATUS FOR SOALINS SHIPS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.3.1905.

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APPARATUS FOR COALING SHIPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 21, 1906.

Application filed April 3, 1905. Serial No. 253,567.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. COLLINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Coaling Ships, of which the following is a specifi* cation.

This invention relates to apparatus for coaling ships from a dock, barge, or lighter, the obj ect of the invention being to provide an apparatus ywhich will receive loads of coal from carts or other conveyances and may be projected through a coalingehole in the side pif plhe ship to dump or deposit the coal in the With this and other objects in view the invention consists of the features of construc-l tion, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a coaling apparatus embodying my invention, showing in vertical section a portion of the hull of the vessel and the delivery-carriage projected thereinto to deliver a load of coal. Fig. 2 is a part side elevational and part longitudinal sectional view of the delivery carriage, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the carriage. Fig. 4 is an end elevation thereof, showing the gearing for driving the carriage and actuating the end less apron. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view through one of the side walls of the body of the carriage. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the gearing for operating the carriage, and Fig. 7 is a detail end elevation showing the sprocket-wheel 19y and associated pulley 22.

The numeral 1 in the drawings represents a suitable supportsuch as a dock, barge, or li liter-upon which are laid track-rails 2, wich extend outwardly from a suitable point where the coal is to be received to the end of the support against or adjacent to yvhich the vessel to be coaled is designed to Arranged to reciprocate on the track-rails 2 is a delivery-carriage 3, comprising a rectangular frame formed of side pieces 4, connected by suitable cross-bars or end pieces 5. The frame is provided with downwardly-extending legs 7, reinforced by suitable braces 8 and carrying at their lower ends journalboxes 9, in which are mounted axles 10, carrying wheels 11 to run upon the rails 2. The

carriage is provided with a movable platform formed by the upper stretch 12 of an endless conveyer 13, which is designed to receive the coal and convey the same to the outer end of the carriage, where it is to be discharged. This endless apron or conveyer passes around suitable guiding and supporting rolls 14, carried by transverse shafts 15, mounted in the upperends of the legs 7.

The rearmost axle 10 of the carriage has attached thereto a pinion 16, which lies between and meshes with the stretches of an endless drive-chain 17, passing over guide sprocketwheels 18 and 19, j ournaled in suitable bearings 2O and 21, attached to the support 1, the .said chain being thus adapted to drive the rear axle and impart movement in one direction or the other to the carriage. Secured to the shaft of the s rocket-wheel 19 alongside the same isa pu ley 22, which drives said sprocket-wheel, and a belt 22 passes around the pulley 22 and thence rearwardly and over a pulley 23, adapted to be driven by suitable connections 'from an engine 24 on the support 1.

Arranged above the rear axle carrying the sprocket-wheel 16 is a shaft 25, carrying a pulley 26 and a spur gear-wheel 27, which atter meshes with a pinion 28 on a shaft 29. The shafts 25 and 29 are journaled in suitable bearings in the legs supporting the rearmost axle 10, and the ends of the shaft 29 are extended beyond said legs, and on the extended ends are transmitting-gears 30, meshing with pinions 31, fixed to the extended ends of the shaft 15, carrying the rear roller of the set of rollers for supporting and driving the endless apron 13. By means of this gearing motion may be imparted to said apron in an obvious manner. The shaft 25 is driven by means of a belt 32, passing around the pulley 26 and adapted to be connected with a pulley 33, which may be suitably driven from the engine 24.

In operation the carriage is projected to extend at its outer end into the hull of the vessel through an opening therein, as shown in Fig. 4, being outwardly moved by means of the chain 17 and associated gearing. Then the belt 32 is connected with the driving-pulley 33 to operate the endlessconveyer 13. The loads of coal are dumped from carts or other conveyances upon the upper stretch 12 of the endless a ron, which moves toward the vessel and. discharges the same into the 4hull of the vessel at the outer end of the carriage.

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When the vessel has beer supplied with its quota of coal, the apron is thrown out of o peration and the driving-chain 17 reversely operated to retract or run the carriage back.

It will thus be seen that the invention provides a simple, convenient, and efficient conveyer to receive loads of coal directly from conveyances and transport the same to the vessel and that by its use vessels of considerable size may be coaled in a comparatively' short time.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and mode of operation of the invention will be understood without a further extended descri tion.

Changes in the orm, proportions, and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is.-

1. In a loading device, the combination of a stationary trackway, a wheeled carriage arl,- ranged to reciprocate in a fixed path along said trackway, transverse supports upon the carriage, an endless carrier arranged to travel on said supports longitudinally of the carL riage, gearing on the carriage associated with one of said supports for operating the carrier,

a sprocket-'wheel on the carriage, an endless chain for operating said sprocket-wheel, means for driving the endless chain, and independent means for operating the carriergearing.

2. In a loading device, the combination of a wheeled reciprocatory carriage, means for reciprocating said carriage, guiding and operating rolls on the carriage, an endless conveyer carried by said rolls, drive-gearing connected with the shafts of one of the rolls, and means for operating said drive-gearing.

3. In a loading apparatus, the combination of a wheeled reciprocatory carriage; means for reciproca ing said carriage, guiding and supporting rolls on the carriage, an endless conveyer supported by said rolls, gears upon the shafts of one of the rolls, a driving-shaft carrying a pulley and a gear-wheel, an inter-y mediate shaft provided With a pinion meshing with said gear-wheel and carrying gearwheels meshing with the gear-wheels on the aforesaid shaft of the roll, and means for com municating motion through the pulley tothe driving-shaft.

` In testimony whereof I aiHX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A, COLLINS.

Witnesses:

DENIS T. CoLLrNs, WILLIAM LAURENCEY GRAHAM. 

